Lobbying is just another word for corruption and it should be illegal

I'll play devil's advocate here and give the counter argument- Most companies or wealthy individuals that ate donating to politicians campaigns are donating to candidates who already support the things that are best for that company. No one is writing a check to a politician to bribe their vote. No one is writing a check to Bernie Sanders to make him vote for a bill that would lower corporate taxes. Instead they donate to the campaign of a republican competitor who would take his seat when up for reelection, and that Republican is probably already for less government, more free markets. This goes both ways with celebrities, rich people, and companies publicly supporting, and sending billions of dollars towards Democrat politicians. I'd argue there is much less "quid pro quo" bribery than people make it out to be. If they vote against what they promised the voters(which as explained earlier is also in line with the company's beliefs) they can expect to lose their voter support and donations. This is a little different from a bribe.

And as for a solution to the problem, I'm not sure, I think donations and contributions should be allowed as free speech, but I think this can only be solved by voters getting off their lazy asses and learning about issues and politicians positions on them, and perhaps a technological revolution on how this occurs. Maybe a centralized electronic voting website / app for every state that describes all candidates positions and beliefs and their history of votes if they have already held office. And then maybe advertisements would have less sway. I consider myself more politically knowledgeable than most people, but I honestly don't know shit about any candidate of my state that is running for a position that isn't governor or senate. I don't know the house of reps members platforms or views.

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